mutation
noun /mjuːˈteɪʃn/
/mjuːˈteɪʃn/
- [uncountable, countable] (biology
) a process in which the genetic material of a person, a plant or an animal changes in structure when it is passed on to children, etc., causing different physical characteristics to develop; a change of this kind生物 (生物物种的)突变,变异 - These cells have been affected by mutation.
这些细胞已经受到突变的影响。 - The disease is caused by genetic mutations.
这种疾病是由基因突变所致。
Wordfinder- biology
- biotechnology
- breed
- cell
- chromosome
- DNA
- gene
- mutation
- organism
- protein
Topics Biologyc1- The genetic material has suffered a mutation.
这种基因材料发生了突变。 - The protein contained a mutation.
这种蛋白质有一个变异。 - These cells carry a mutation affecting the prevention mechanism.
这些细胞携带有影响预防机制的变异。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chance
- random
- common
- …
- carry
- contain
- acquire
- …
- arise
- occur
- affect something
- …
- frequency
- rate
- These cells have been affected by mutation.
- [uncountable, countable] a change in the form or structure of something
(形式或结构的)转变,改变 - (linguistics
) vowel mutation语言学 元音变化 - In Celtic languages such as Welsh, there is a process of mutation affecting the beginning sound of a word, according to the word which comes before it.
在凯尔特语如威尔士语中,有一个影响一个单词的开始音的突变过程,根据它前面的单词。 - This essay examines the mutation of ethnic politics into nationalist politics.
本文考察了民族政治向民族主义政治的转变。
- (linguistics
词源late Middle English: from Latin mutatio(n-), from mutare ‘to change’.